Rein-holder



M. A. FORWARD.

REIN HOLDER.

Patented'Sept. 25, 18588.

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REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,959, dated September 25, 1888,

Application filed March 30. 1888. Serial No. 209.039. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. FORWARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Rein- Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the below described and claimed rein holder and guide, to be attached to the front end of -a vehiclebody when in use; but while the invention is designed for both a guide and holder it may be constructed for either one or both purposes.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is an elevation looking from a point at the right of Fig. 2, with parts broken and parts in section on line 1 1 iu the latter-named ligure; Fig. 2, a section on line 4 4- in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, enlarged broken details, pointed out by like letters in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 2 2 in Fig. 1, enlarged.

Referring to the lettered parts of the drawings, B is the front end ofa vehicle-body, and D the dash.

A O represent a standard attached to the bottom E of the body and to the dash D above. This standard may be all one piece; or it may be of two parts, adjustable as to height by the parts lapping or one sliding into the other, as here shown, and held at the desired height by a set-screw, c.

A hairpin-shaped loop, a, catches over the top of the dash D, and this loop is vertically adjustable in a recess, r, of the standard,A C, so as to conform to the particular height of the dash. The top of the standard A C terminates in a T-head, the ends of the horizontal top of said T being bent upward and downward, forming loops Z, through which the reins o pass when driving, thus forming a guide to keep the reins in place, one rein of course being in one loop and one in the other. The end of one of the loops L is horizontally extended above the T-head of the standard, forming an elastic clamp, a, between which and the T- head the reins are inserted when not driving. The end of the other loop has an eccentricdog, lz, pivoted to it, by which the elastic clamp u is held down on the reins o.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

1. The combination of a cvehicle body, the standard attached to the bottoni of said body, the hair-pin loop catching over the top ofthe dash of said body, said loop being vertically adjustable on the standard, and the elastic clamp-bar and eccentric-dog at the top of the standard, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a vehicle body, the two-part vertically adj ustable standard, the

adjustable loop catching over the dash of said` body, and the loops, and elastic clamp and eccentriedog at the top of the standard, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name in presence of two witnesses.

MARY A. FORWARD.

Witnesses:

IDA L. Wns'r, ANNlE MILLER. 

